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"Then marry me"
"I don't have to marry you for you to be my baby's father'' Only for the baby to carry his name, they did have to marry
She hadn't considered that aspect to the situation, but he had and so would their child one day
Sebastian released her, setting her away from him
The expression on his face was unlike anything she'd seen there before He looked defeated
"So, you refuse to marry me"
All she had to say was yes and she knew as surely as she kne to balance an account book that if she said it, he would accept her decision and let her go
She couldn't make herself say the word
She'd been numb with pain for months, had hidden behind an emotionless wall of self-protection when he kicked her out of his life But learning of her pregnancy had started the disintegration of that wall and his arrival back in her life had de her to come face-to-face with his role as the father of her child, she had also faced another irrefutable fact
She still loved him
She didn't want to, but if his actions theafter they made love could not kill her love for hi the rest of her life without hi he did not love her
It was an untenable choice and not one she could make on the spur of the moment like this
The way he had treated her that entle way he'd treated her prior to Andrea's death Also, since co back into her life in California, he had done his best to be a caring and considerate guy except his deplorable belief she belonged to hinant with his child
And then there was how he had planned their wedding without her say-so or input "I don't appreciate having et ements"
"Are you saying you would marry me otherwise?"
"I' I will consider it, but you have to askwithout me"
A wary hope filled his eyes,for her in California
"Then, I will court you"
Rachel walked back into her bedroom, bemused and a little worried by Sebastian's offer to court her
Phillippa stood beside the , her back to the door The wedding dress, shoes and bouquet were arranged carefully on her bed which had been one, but the air of expectancy rehts she'd been entertaining about the overconfident man downstairs fled
How dare he leave her in a position of having to tell his ?
“The htful
"It was a mistake"
“It is Greek tradition to play the "
"But there isn't going to be a wedding"
Phillippa's eyes, so like her son's, reflected worry "Did you and Sebastian argue?"
How could Sebastian have left her to deal with this?
"We never in with"
"I am sorry to hear that I had hoped that with a baby on the way, you would find coround"
He'd told her that too? "Your son has a big mouth"
Phillippa'ssmile as she moved away from the"Not usually, but I believe with you, he is out of his depth and therefore acts out of character''
Sebastian out of his depth? Not likely "Your son is more sophisticated than I could ever hope to be"
"But you do not hope this, is that not true? You have no desire to pursue the lifestyle your ht after so wholeheartedly"
"I prefer a quieter existence"